Exposition

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exposition \Ex`po*si"tion\, n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere,
     expositum: cf. F. exposition. See {Expound}.]
     1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or
        displaying to public view.
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     2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or
        meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation;
        interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or
        the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing
        explanations or interpretations; a commentary.
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              You know the law; your exposition
              Hath been most sound.                 --Shak.
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     3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view
        or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.;
        exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the
        sun. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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     4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic
        productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A
        Gallicism]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exposition
       n 1: a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written)
            of a specific topic [syn: {expounding}]
       2: a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for
          public display [syn: {exhibition}, {expo}]
       3: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a
          writing or discourse; "we would have understood the play
          better if there had been some initial exposition of the
          background"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  217 Moby Thesaurus words for "exposition":
     allegorization, anacrusis, apocalypse, article, assignment,
     auto show, baring, bass passage, bazaar, boat show, bourdon,
     bridge, burden, cadence, causerie, chalk talk, chorus,
     clarification, coda, commentary, commercial complex, construction,
     cosmorama, cracking, critique, cyclorama, decipherment,
     declaration, decoding, delineation, demonstration,
     demythologization, descant, description, development, diorama,
     disclosing, disclosure, discourse, discovering, discovery,
     discussion, display, disquisition, dissertation, division, editing,
     elucidation, emendation, emporium, enactment, enlightenment,
     enunciation, essay, etude, euhemerism, examination, excursus,
     exegesis, exemplification, exercise, exhibit, exhibition,
     explanation, explication, expo, expose, exposure, expounding, fair,
     feature, figure, first approach, flea fair, flea market, folderol,
     georama, harangue, harmonic close, homework, homily, illumination,
     illustration, instruction, interlude, intermezzo, interpretation,
     introductory phrase, introductory study, laying bare, lecture,
     lecture-demonstration, lesson, light, light show, lucubration,
     manifestation, market, market overt, marketplace, mart, measure,
     memoir, monograph, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization,
     morceau, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, myriorama,
     note, object lesson, open market, opening, ornament, ostentation,
     outline, pageant, pageantry, pandect, panorama, paper, parade,
     paragraph, part, passage, patefaction, performance, period,
     phantasmagoria, phrase, piece, plaza, pomp, preachment,
     preliminary study, presentation, presentment, production,
     projection, prolegomenon, psychedelic show, rationale, reason,
     recital, recitation, refrain, removing the veil, representation,
     research paper, resolution, response, retrospective, revealing,
     revealment, revelation, rialto, ritornello, screed, section,
     sermon, set task, shifting scene, shopping center, shopping mall,
     shopping plaza, show, showing, showing up, showup, sight,
     simplification, sketch, skull session, solution, special article,
     spectacle, stage show, stanza, staple, statement, strain,
     street market, stripping, study, survey, tableau, tableau vivant,
     tailpiece, talk, task, teaching, term paper, theme, thesis, tract,
     tractate, trade fair, treatise, treatment, tutti, tutti passage,
     uncloaking, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unlocking,
     unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, variation, varnishing day,
     vernissage, verse